LINEAR REGRESSION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b
   
   Synonym(s)
   • rectilinear regression (what does rectilinear regression mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) linear regression is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • regression (what does regression mean?)
   • simple regression (what does simple regression mean?)
   • regression toward the mean (what does regression toward the mean mean?)
   • statistical regression (what does statistical regression mean?)